Definitions for vernacularvərˈnæk yə lər, vəˈnæk-
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ver•nac•u•lar*vərˈnæk yə lər, vəˈnæk-(adj.)
(of language) native or indigenous (opposed to literary or learned).
Category: Language/Linguistics
expressed or written in the native language of a place.
Category: Language/Linguistics
of, pertaining to, or using such a language.
Category: Language/Linguistics
using plain, everyday language.
Category: Language/Linguistics
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of architectural vernacular.
Category: Common Vocabulary, Architecture
of or pertaining to the common name for a plant, animal, or other organism.
(n.)the native speech or language of a place.
Category: Language/Linguistics
the distinctive vocabulary of a class or profession.
Category: Language/Linguistics
the plain variety of language in everyday use by ordinary people.
Category: Language/Linguistics
the common name of a plant, animal, or other organism as distinguished from its Latin scientific name.
a style of architecture exemplifying the commonest techniques, decorative features, and materials of a particular historical period, region, or group of people.
Category: Common Vocabulary, Architecture
* Syn: See language.
Origin of vernacular:
1595–1605; < L vernācul(us) household, domestic, native
ver•nac′u•lar•ly(adv.)
Princeton's WordNet
slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular(noun)
a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
"they don't speak our lingo"
vernacular(adj)
the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language)
common, vernacular, vulgar(adj)
being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language
"common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular speakers"; "the vulgar tongue of the masses"; "the technical and vulgar names for an animal species"
Wiktionary
vernacular(Noun)
The language of a people, a national language.
The vernacular of the United States is English.
vernacular(Noun)
Everyday speech, including colloquialisms, as opposed to literary or liturgical language.
Street vernacular can be quite different from what is heard elsewhere.
vernacular(Noun)
Language unique to a particular group of people; jargon, argot.
For those of a certain age, hiphop vernacular might just as well be a foreign language.
vernacular(Noun)
The indigenous language of a people, into which the words of the Roman Catholic mass are translated.
Vatican II allowed the celebration of the mass in the vernacular.
vernacular(Adjective)
Of or pertaining to everyday language.
Origin: From vernaculus, from verna.
Webster Dictionary
Vernacular(adj)
belonging to the country of one's birth; one's own by birth or nature; native; indigenous; -- now used chiefly of language; as, English is our vernacular language
Vernacular(noun)
the vernacular language; one's mother tongue; often, the common forms of expression in a particular locality
Translations for vernacular
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
- informeelAfrikaans
- لُغَة دارِجَهArabic
- местен (за език)Bulgarian
- vernacularPortuguese (BR)
- hovorovýCzech
- mundartlichGerman
- dagligdags sprogDanish
- καθομιλούμενοςGreek
- vernáculo, vulgarSpanish
- rahvakeelneEstonian
- بومی؛ محاوره ایFarsi
- kansankielinenFinnish
- vernaculaireFrench
- הַשָפַה הַמְדוּבֶרֶתHebrew
- देशी भाषा काHindi
- pučko (izražavanje)Croatian
- népnyelvi, anyanyelviHungarian
- tidak resmiIndonesian
- sem lÿtur að mállÿsku/hversdagslegum talsmátaIcelandic
- colloquialeItalian
- 日常語のJapanese
- 일반 서민의 일상어를 쓰는Korean
- šnekamasisLithuanian
- dzimtais; mātes-; vietējaisLatvian
- vernakularMalay
- spreek-, spreektaal-Dutch
- folkelig, lokal-, omgangs-Norwegian
- potoczny, nieliterackiPolish
- vernacularPortuguese
- neaoş, autohtonRomanian
- просторечныйRussian
- hovorovýSlovak
- pogovorenSlovenian
- narodskiSerbian
- inhemsk, folklig, vardags-Swedish
- ซึ่งใช้ภาษาแบบเจ้าของภาษาThai
- halk dilinde, yerli lehçedeTurkish
- 方言的Chinese (Trad.)
- просторічний; діалектнийUkrainian
- ديسيUrdu
- biệt ngữVietnamese
- 方言的，地方的Chinese (Simp.)
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